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Unnamed sperm donors allow for selfish parents (blog/commentary)

Started by Natasha, April 09, 2008, 11:50:10 PM

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April 09, 2008, 11:50:10 PM
Unnamed sperm donors allow for selfish parents

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/Columns/2008/04/10/23694/
4/10/2008

"I began to wonder why the couple elected to inseminate Beatie, rather than his female partner — which would have been safer and easier, since he will need a C-section and cannot breastfeed. But I also suspected the couple had a self-serving motive, such as calling attention to themselves and/or making a social statement. As my 14-year-old sister — who normally pays about as much attention to social issues as the characters from Laguna Beach — wrote to me, "It sounds like some whack jobs just want to become famous."

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